Redmi 8 vs Huawei Nova 7i
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 156.48 x 75.41 x 9.40 mm | 159.20 x 76.30 x 8.70 mm |
| Weight | 188.00 g | 183.00 g |
| Display size | 6.22" | 6.40" |
| Display | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 720 x 1520 px (6.22") 270 ppi | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 x 2310 px (6.40") 398 ppi |
| Display protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Standard battery | Li-Po 5000 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Po 4200 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | Quick Charge 3.0 | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 32 GB, 64 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM memory | 3 GB, 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 512 GBBuy memory card | Nano Memory (NM card) up to 256 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Android 9.0 Pie | Android 10 |
| Interface | MIUI 10 | EMUI 10.0.1 |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 | HiSilicon Kirin 810 |
| Processor clock | 1950 MHz | 2270 MHz |
| GPU | Adreno 505 | ARM Mali-G52 @820 MHz |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) | 1,000 W/kg |  |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | DualSIM(nanoSIM, nanoSIM) | DualSIM(nanoSIM, nanoSIM) |
| DualSIM mode | dual standby | dual standby |
| Hybrid DualSIM | | nanoSIM, NM card |
| Announced | 4Q 2019 | 4Q 2019 |
| Other names | MZB9123IN; MZB07R9IN; MZB8257IN; Xiaomi Redmi 8 | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | 850 900 1700 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | FDD LTE: 2100, 1800, 900, 850 TDD LTE: 2500, 2300 | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1900, 1800, 900, 850, 800, 700 TDD LTE: 2600, 2500, 2300, 1900 |
| Standard 5G | | |
| CDMA | | 850 1900 |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | 1900 2000 |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 12 Mpx | 48 Mpx |
| Resolution | | 8000x6000 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | 1920x1080 px |
| Video formats | H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | AF, f/1.8 | AF, f/1.8 |
| Second camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 2 Mpx | 8 Mpx |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video formats | H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | FF | FF |
| Third camera | | |
| Photo matrix | nd | 2 Mpx |
| Optical zoom | nd | |
| Flash | nd | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | nd | |
| Video formats | nd | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | nd | FF |
| Fourth camera | | |
| Photo matrix | nd | 2 Mpx |
| Optical zoom | nd | |
| Flash | nd | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | nd | |
| Video formats | nd | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | nd | FF |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 8 Mpx | 16 Mpx |
| Resolution | | 4608x3456 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | | 1920x1080 px |
| Video formats | H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Additional | f/2.0 | FF, f/2.0 |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | | 42.20 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | 1400.00 Mbit/s |
| LTE UP | | 200.00 Mbit/s |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v4.2 | v5.0 LE |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 Type-C | v2.0 Type-C |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| Galileo | | |
| QZSS | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | T9 | XT9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, APE, FLAC, M4V, MKV, MP4, PCM, eAAC+ | 3GP, AAC, AMR, FLAC, MIDI, MP4, OGG, WAV |
| Polyphony | | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Java | ART | ART |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |